Franco Battiato is ready for the concert in the United States as part of Hitweek , and at the same time has re-released his latest album Open Sesame with two songs translated in English: The will ( Testamento ) and The dust of the pack ( La polvere del branco ) . The album is out in the USA, Canada and UK. Listen samples here . This is not the first time he sings in English as in 1985 he released album Echoes of Sufi dances . Judging the samples he still has his irresistible accent :-) Tomorrow October 9 he will perform in New York's Highline Ballroom and the day after in Toronto's Phoenix Theater . In November-December the Maestro is back on road in Italy under title Diwan - L'Essenza del reale : November 21 Montecatini, 23 Genova, 25 Napoli, 27 Trieste, December 6 Brindisi, 8 Ancona, 9 Milano, 10 Torino. In November the live album will be also released, recorded in the two concerts together with Antony & The Johnsons and Alice in Florence and Verona ...